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The MotUC Essentials.

I was a huge fan of the to line when I was a kid, and I'd love to take part in the new Classics line but budget restraints keep me for subscribing. So I was just wondering what would be considered the Core of the Masters Of the Universe characters / Classics.

He Man and Skeletor are a give, as are Man at arms and Beastman. Teela and Evilyn.

Wow! Maybe it would have been easier to list who is NOT essential!! haha Ssqueeze and Toung Lashor haven't even been announced, so it would be real tough for a new collector to get those. ...I think you may have missed the point of the question.

Wow! Maybe it would have been easier to list who is NOT essential!! haha Ssqueeze and Toung Lashor haven't even been announced, so it would be real tough for a new collector to get those. ...I think you may have missed the point of the question.

I don't think I missed the point at all, and even though 4 characters on my list have yet to be released I still consider them mainstays and essential to the MOTU core groups.

Kinda think you did. The original poster was asking about essentials because he can't afford a sub. I doubt he can afford 40+ figures either.

What's essential about Mosquitor? Name one thing done with the character in the last 30 years that makes him essential. The question isn't "Who do you like?".

Well he probably can't afford Teela, Sorceress, Fisto, Beast Man, Tri Klops, etc. if he is just getting into the line today? And really you're going to pick out Mosquitor? What has been done with Scareglow, Faker, Zodac, Spikor, Jitsu? Just my list of characters I find essential to Masters and most of it is based off of the vintage line, and yes a few are not in figure form yet but I find them just as important, but the original poster did say "characters / Classics". So I interpreted as characters not even in figure form yet, probably not what the poster was looking for, but they'll get a few others points of views to see a list containing those.

Some will say the Original MOTU 8 back and call it a day, but I'm a fan of the entire universe so here's my list which has a sampling from all the branches.
My list contains characters that have NOT BEEN RELEASED YET, but they're part of the "core characters" for that faction.

As much as I love 200X there are no "essential" 200X characters
The closest thing to Essential characters would be Count Marzo and Chief Carnivus... just to have someone from the good guys and bad guys from that era.

I have not Forgotten the Snake Men, I just don't think they're "essential" but if you like them then here's the list of essential Snake Men.
King Hssss
Rattlor
Snake face
Squeeeeze (unreleased)
Tung Lashor (unreleased)

As you can see from the responses it is personal preference. What one person considers essential is different from just about everyone else. If you were really into it when you were young I would say it's whoever you're most nostalgic for. For many of us it's simply the figures we actually has as children.

As you can see from the responses it is personal preference. What one person considers essential is different from just about everyone else. If you were really into it when you were young I would say it's whoever you're most nostalgic for. For many of us it's simply the figures we actually has as children.

I agree. For me, it was a bit of that, but largely the "main"-ish" characters that would be essential to a good telling of a story.

This is a good question, and I think it depends on how far you you want to ripple for the mythos...
He-Man and Battle Cat
Skeletor and Panthor
Teela
Man At Arms
Evil Lyn
Sorceress
Ram Man
Beast Man
Mer Man
Trap Jaw
Hordak
She-Ra
SwiftWind

Beyond that, I would go by whoever looks cool to you or appeals to you. The Snake Men could be considered an essential faction, but I don't think any stand out over any other to make that one character significant. For POP I'd say Glimmer and Kowl would be essential if you wanted to include them, but they're not out... Man E Faces, Stratos, and Zodac are relatively important... As are the Horde, but who you would picks as your favorites out of them is up to you.